serperastra

Latin

Alternative forms

serpirastra

Etymology

Possibly from serpō (“creep, crawl”) + rāstrum (“rake, hoe”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ser.peˈras.tra/, [s̠ɛrpɛˈräs̠t̪rä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ser.peˈras.tra/, [serpeˈräst̪rä]

Noun

serperastra n pl (genitive serperastrōrum); second declension

(plural only) knee splints or knee bandages for straightening the crooked legs of children

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	serperastra
Genitive	serperastrōrum
Dative	serperastrīs
Accusative	serperastra
Ablative	serperastrīs
Vocative	serperastra

References

“serperastra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
serperastra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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